About Harsi Village

Harsi is a mid sized village in Jaisinghpur tehsil, in the district of Kangra, Himachal Pradesh. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 1,840, made up of 817 males and 1,023 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 1,252 females per 1000 males. The village covers 386.54 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 176091, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Harsi Overview

Census 2011 figures for Harsi village
Description	Value
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Kangra
Tehsil	Jaisinghpur
Pincode	176091
Area (hectares)	386.54 hectares
Population	1,840
Male Population	817
Female Population	1,023
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males)	1,252
Bus Service (public)	Available within village
Bus Service (private)	Available within village
Nearest Railway Station	Available within 10+ km distance

How Harsi compares

By the 2011 count Harsi is the largest village in the tehsil by population, which puts it more than twice the local average, where the typical village holds 285 residents. Its 386.54 hectares work out to about 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads. On the sex ratio, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1217.

Getting to Harsi

Harsi is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Harsi as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Harsi from other places

Harsi lies about 36 km from Kangra, and the nearest railway station is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Harsi
Tehsil headquarters	Jaisinghpur	23 km
Nearest railway station	Amb Andaura	29 km
District headquarters	Kangra	36 km
Nearest town	Nangal	44 km

Villages closest to Harsi

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Jaisinghpur tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

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Common questions about Harsi

As per the Census of India 2011, Harsi village had a population of 1,840. That makes it the largest village in the tehsil by population, more than twice the local average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 285 residents.

Harsi village has 817 males and 1,023 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Harsi has about 1252 females for every 1000 males. In short, women outnumber men here, a little above the tehsil average of 1217.

The pincode recorded for Harsi is 176091. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Harsi covers 386.54 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 4.8 people per hectare, thinly settled, with room between homesteads.

Harsi falls under Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district in Himachal Pradesh.

The nearest railway station to Harsi is Amb Andaura, about 29 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within village for Harsi.

Harsi is about 36 km from Kangra in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Harsi is in Jaisinghpur tehsil of Kangra district. Jaisinghpur is about 23 km away. Amb Andaura is about 29 km away. Kangra is about 36 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.